National business regulations and city entrepreneurship in Europe: a multilevel nested analysis

Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M. and Desai, S. (2018) National business regulations and city entrepreneurship in Europe: a multilevel nested analysis. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. ISSN 1540-6520 doi: 10.1177/1042258718774916

Abstract/Summary

This article provides and tests a theoretical framework with a multilevel (country–city) nested model to analyze the relationship between national business regulations (NBRs) and city level entrepreneurship. While public interest theory predicts a positive relationship between NBR and city level entrepreneurship, public choice theory predicts the opposite, a negative relationship. Based on multilevel analysis for a matched country–city panel of 228 cities across 20 European countries for the years 2004 to 2009, the empirical evidence from panel data estimation explains how changes in NBRs influence changes in city level entrepreneurial activity over time.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/77784
Identification Number/DOI	10.1177/1042258718774916
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > Digitalisation, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Uncontrolled Keywords	Economics and Econometrics, Business and International Management
Publisher	SAGE Publications
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